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itch.ioRank 10402026-10-08

Dear Mariko

by Coren Baili

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Dear Mariko Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 5 days, -1.00 to 0.00 (low -1.00, high 0.00).

Confidence 20%

Confidence is the share of Velocity’s four components that could be measured for this game, scaled down again when there is less than a fortnight to measure over. Here, ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-08. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 14 of the last 14 days. How this is computed.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

17 days

Not enough of the ladder to compare.

Only ratings could be plotted, so there is no second counter to compare the timing against.

Lead and lag for Dear Mariko, 17 daysLead and lag over 17 days, 2026-09-23 to 2026-10-09, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 39 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 23Oct 9Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 17 days, so counters that differ by orders of magnitude can be compared by shape. The vertical gap is what matters: a line higher on the left took its change earlier. The real counts are in the legend, and the day-by-day numbers are below.

Series — over Sep 23 to Oct 9

  • Ratings — people finished and cared39390
  • Topic views are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
  • Comments are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
The numbers behind the chart

The counter as we recorded it that day, and beside it the share of the window’s change it had reached — the value the chart plots.

DayRatings
Sep 2339
Sep 2439
Sep 2539
Sep 2639
Sep 2739
Sep 2839
Sep 2939
Sep 3039
Oct 139
Oct 239
Oct 339
Oct 439
Oct 539
Oct 639
Oct 739
Oct 839
Oct 939
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-09
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion390

A blank change is not a zero: the scoring pass refuses a window whose nearest observation is too stale to compare, rather than differencing two points that are not seven days apart.

Not our number

On itch.io's own charts

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Rpg194-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · Rpg chart across 16 readings: slipping, #189 to #194 (best #189, worst #194).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated2,397-15Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 17 readings: slipping, #2372 to #2397 (best #2372, worst #2397).
Newest6,971-6,732Position on itch.io's Newest chart across 8 readings: slipping, #239 to #6971 (best #239, worst #6971).
New & popular7,012-6,591Position on itch.io's New & popular chart across 8 readings: slipping, #421 to #7012 (best #421, worst #7012).
On 11 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #exploration105-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #exploration chart across 14 readings: slipping, #102 to #105 (best #101, worst #105).
Top rated · #rpgmaker113-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #rpgmaker chart across 14 readings: slipping, #112 to #113 (best #112, worst #113).
Top rated · #dark131-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #dark chart across 15 readings: slipping, #128 to #131 (best #128, worst #131).
Top rated · #anime178-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #anime chart across 15 readings: slipping, #166 to #178 (best #166, worst #178).
Top rated · #mystery1880Position on itch.io's Top rated · #mystery chart across 14 readings: slipping, #184 to #188 (best #184, worst #188).
Top rated · #multiple-endings219-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #multiple-endings chart across 14 readings: slipping, #214 to #219 (best #214, worst #219).
Top rated · #short4530Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 14 readings: slipping, #450 to #453 (best #450, worst #453).
Top rated · #singleplayer548-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #singleplayer chart across 14 readings: slipping, #538 to #548 (best #538, worst #548).
Top rated · #horror556-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #horror chart across 14 readings: slipping, #547 to #556 (best #547, worst #556).
Top rated · #romance590-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 14 readings: slipping, #577 to #590 (best #577, worst #590).
Top rated · #no-ai1,014-15Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 14 readings: slipping, #993 to #1014 (best #992, worst #1014).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-09-23
Price
free
Average rating
5.00 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-09-23. itch.io publishes only the most recent devlog date, so anything posted before then leaves no trace here.

Go to the source

We hold counters and metadata only. Nothing on the game’s own page — its description, its screenshots, its build — is republished here, and everything worth reading about it is behind those links.